The Bad Boys pre-tournament game will take place on Sun 21st Jul at the King’s School, Chester. It will be a 35 over game starting at 1.00pm, with tea between the innings.

The Reception Evening for the Tournament will take place at Neston CC at 7.00pm on Sun 22nd Jul: there will be a Supper Party, also at Neston CC, on Mon 23rd Jul: the Ladies Day will be Wed 24th Jul with a day trip to and tours of Chester: and the tournament dinner will be held at Thornton Hall Hotel on Thurs 25th Jul

The cost of a twin/double bedroom on a B&B basis is £95 per night. Single occupancy on a b&b basis is £75 per night. These rates also include full use of the hotel’s award winning spa facilities.

To reserve your room at these rates, you are requested to contact the hotel direct quoting the BOOKING REFERENCE THH77243. A deposit of £100 will be required at the time of booking with the balance paid at check in. The hotel accepts all major credit and debit cards and their BACS details are : Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa : Barclays Bank : Sort Code : 20-20-53 : Account Number 00287571.

Neil Canham has been tasked to gather a squad of players, umpires and scorers to represent the Forty Club and your mission, should you choose to accept it is to join us and win back the trophy from Spain ! To put your name forward for selection please contact Neil on canhamneil@aol.com as soon as possible.

As usual the XL Quadrangular Tournament team will all be skippered by Ian Robinson and the T20 games will be captained by a nominated player. Team selection for all matches will be undertaken by Ian Robinson (Capt), Stuart Faulkner (V/Capt) and Neil.

Neil would extremely grateful if you would confirm whether or not you are up for the challenge and able to participate.

New websites for the XL Club

All of Forty Club cricket fixtures, results and ‘modern individual player stats can now be found on the new website HERE
There is also a special and additional website that has been created for the Quadrangular Tournament and the Inter District Tournament. You can access this at
HERE